Editorial comment.

Mantei, Jessica ; Kervin, Lisa ; Latham, Gloria 等

Dear Readers:

What a wonderful array of perspectives our authors have taken on the theme of Literature in the Australian Curriculum English in this edition of Practically Primary. We thank author Sandy Fussell for starting the conversation by sharing her journey of 'becoming' a children's author. Her story is especially interesting for teachers as she addresses her early challenges with the writing process and then describes how she developed her writing skills. She provides great insight for our own planning and teaching of writing, thanks Sandy!

We have perspectives on historic literature, Shakespeare, picture books and novels. Our authors share their insight into having children read and respond to literature right through to the ways we can support them as creators of literature. We thank our contributors for their generosity in sharing their stories.

We have reviewed Denise Ryan's book, launched at the ALEA national conference in Perth last year in Text Talk for Teachers. And our Text Talk for Children looks a little different in this edition. To follow the theme on children's literature, we selected a range of new publications and had the children share their views--we hope they provide you with some ideas for new texts.

Our next edition continues its focus on the Australian Curriculum English, moving now to Literacy. Please consider sharing stories from your classroom, include some photos and enjoy the satisfaction of contributing to your professional community.

Warm wishes,

Jessica, Lisa and Gloria